Pearline-Son House

[00:00.81]She is a pyramid [00:04.98]But with him, she's just a grain of sand [00:09.73]This love's too strong [00:11.65]Like mice and men [00:13.47]Squeezing out the life that should be let in [00:17.00] [00:17.41]She was a hurricane [00:21.60]But now she's just a gust of wind [00:25.60]She used to set the sails of a thousand ships [00:29.96]Was a force to be reckoned with [00:35.54] [00:35.96]She could be a Statue of Liberty [00:40.12]She could be a Joan of Arc [00:44.09]But he's scared of the light that's inside of her [00:47.88]So he keeps her in the dark [00:51.91] [00:52.48]Oh, she used to be a pearl, oh [01:00.16]Oh, she used to rule the world, oh [01:08.47]Can't believe she's become a shell of herself [01:17.01]'Cause she used to be a pearl [01:22.21] [01:23.68]She was unstoppable [01:27.72]Move fast just like an avalanche [01:32.19]But now she's stuck deep in cement [01:36.29]Wishing that they never, ever met [01:40.41] [01:42.01]She could be a Statue of Liberty [01:46.13]She could be a Joan of Arc [01:50.23]But he's scared of the light that's inside of her [01:54.72]So he keeps her in the dark [01:58.09] [01:58.44]Oh, she used to be a pearl, oh [02:06.27]Yeah, she used to rule the world, oh [02:14.42]Can't believe she's become a shell of herself [02:22.99]'Cause she used to be a [02:26.66] [02:26.98]Do you know that there's a way out, there's a way out [02:31.50]There's a way out, there's a way out? [02:34.90]You don't have to be held down, be held down [02:39.78]Be held down, be held down [02:43.63] [02:45.77]'Cause I used to be a shell [02:53.23]Yeah, I let him rule my world [02:58.81]My world, oh yeah [03:02.04]But I woke up and grew strong [03:07.21]And I can still go on [03:10.61]And no one can take my pearl [03:18.28] [03:19.10]You don't have to be a shell, no [03:26.96]You're the one that rules your world, oh [03:35.19]You are strong and you'll learn [03:40.06]That you can still go on [03:43.70]And you'll always be a, a pearl [03:50.54] [03:56.77]She is unstoppable [04:00.67]